Course
code: 1600 * Caulfield campus (some subjects are offered at Clayton) * Course
coordinator: Professor David Arnott * Six months full-time or one year
part-time * Fees in 2000 for Australian residents: $1200 per subject * No
further intake
The aim of the Graduate Certificate in Decision Support Systems is to provide
graduate students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to the
appropriate application of information technology to the support of management
decision making. Topics covered in the course include identification of
decision problems, analysis and description of the nature of decision problems,
alternative decision support systems designs, and techniques and methods
relevant to decision support. Graduates are expected to work as management
support specialists and consultants.
Note that the Graduate Certificate in Decision Support Systems forms the first
half of the Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems and that students may
progress to Graduate Diploma with full credit for their study.
Students will be required to complete 24 credit points of study comprising three core subjects (18 points) and one elective subject (six points). Core subjects are:
The elective subject is to be selected from subjects in decision support offered by the School of Information Management and Systems or the School of Business Systems.
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